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Tiny Mercury Arc Lamp Will Light Airport
A new mercury arc lamp, about the size of a kitchen match, which alone will light an airfield, being dem
onstrated. by Cornelius Bol, research scientist at Stanford university, Palo Alto, Calif., who developed the
light. It is in a tiny mercury vapor tube of quartz, and is encased by an outer tube containing water at
high pressure to keep it from bursting. The light generates a temperature within of 4,000 degrees greater
than the sun’s surface in an interior pressure of 15,000 pounds per square inch.
CLAM CHOWDER PURIST
Rep. Cleveland Sleeper Jr., Rock
land, Maine, presented a bill to the
state legislature that would make
it illegal to add tomatoes to Maine
clam chowder. He stated that “the
union of tomatoes and clams is an
unholy one.” He said that “the in
filtration of foreign ideas of cookery
will throw chowder from its pinnacle
and doom it to mediocrity.”
Paralysis Victims Open Co-Operative Shop
Fourteen young men, all of whom were crippled by the 1916 infantile
paralysis epidemic, have opened a multigraphing shop in New York,
where they plan campaign letters, make layouts and do address work.
All are high school graduates, and several have college educations. They
obtained capital for their enterprise by forming an orchestra and playing
for dances. Due to their physical condition they were forced to provide
jobs for themselves.
You’re Seeing It for the First Time
TO LECTURE IN U. S.
Charlie Peterson of St. Louis, Mo., fancy billiard shot champion of'
the world, after trying for two hours, balances three billiard balls atop
one another on a billiard table during a New York exhibition. He
claims he is the only one to do this trick, and admitted that this was the
only photograph ever made of him performing it successfully.
Dr. Eduard Benes, former presi
dent of Czechoslovakia, arrived in
the United States recently to give
a series of lectures at the Univer
sity of Chicago. The political sci
ence lectures, beginning February
20, will continue for 10 weeks. At
least three of his lectures will be
open to the public.
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British War Minister Inspects Mobilization Stores
Hore-Belisha, the British Minister of War, fourth left, and his aides inspect one of the many mobiliza
tion stores of the first London anti-aircraft division. This particular store, located at Waverly Barracks,
Essex, contains complete equipment for a searchlight battalion and two anti-aircraft brigades.
WHAT to EAT and WHY
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C. Houston Goudiss Gives Some Timely Hints on
How to Keep Up Fuel Value of Winter Diet;
Discusses New Methods for Quick Baking
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
M IDWINTER weather calls for energizing breakfasts
to get the day off to a good start. . . energizing midday
meals to help keep children and adults functioning efficiently
. . . energizing, but easily digested, evening meals to satisfy
bodily requirements without over-taxing the digestive system.
In addition to the need for supplying meals that are ade
quate as to energy values and other nutritional requirements,
the homemaker has two other <S>
important factors to consider;
she must satisfy the appetites
of various members of her
family . . . and she must keep
within her food budget.
Breadstuffs—The Staff of Life
One of her greatest aids is bread
hi various forms. Breadstuffs, or
other foods made
from grain, are un
doubtedly the larg
est single item in
the dietary of the
majority of peo
ple throughout the
world. They ap
pear in some form
at almost every
meal. And they are
also highly satis
factory as a be-
tween-meal lunch
for rapidly growing school chil
dren.
Breadstuffs are notable for their
energy values and for their ease
of digestion. They contain some
protein and minerals, and under
some circumstances, they may
also carry other significant food
values.
Bread and rolls combine well
with milk, cheese, butter and
meat. They make good eating and
give a comfortable feeling of sat
isfaction afterwards. Such simple
combinations as bread and cheese,
or rolls and milk, are highly effec
tive in satisfying hunger. And
they go a long way toward meet
ing nutritional requirements.
A Notable Food Team
Nutritionists have a high regard
for the combination of bread and
milk. Breadstuffs are generally
regarded as a most economical
source of energy and protein in
the diet. Milk is our most nearly
perfect food. And the proteins of
milk supplement those found in
the grains of which bread and rolls
are made.
Children especially should con
sume some form of bread, toast,
or well-baked rolls at every meal.
These easily digested foods supply
the fuel values that most active
youngsters require in abundance.
Rolls and bread with a well-baked
crust have the additional advan
tage of encouraging thorough mas
tication.
During adolescence, the energy
requirements are especially high.
Boys sometimes eat more than
their fathers, and it is desirable
that the extra calories be provided
in the form of such easily digested
and wholesome foods as bread-
stuffs. This is also an advantage
to the homemaker, from the point
of view of economy, as breadstuffs
rank as one of our most reason
ably priced foods. Adolescent
girls, on the other hand, frequently
develop finicky appetites and
strange food habits. They may
wish to go to school without break
fast—a practice which must be
discouraged as it may lead to un
dernutrition from which “nerves”
may develop.
against loss of interest in bread-
stuffs by various members of their
families, as a result of monotony.
Luckily, there is no reason why
this should occur in any home.
For it is possible to provide bread-
stuffs in such a variety that the
same kind need not be served
twice in succession within the
space of one or two weeks.
You can add variety to the diet
by preparing bread from graham,
whole wheat or rye flour. Rolls
can be made from plain or sweet
dough. Some of the more popular
are Parker Rouse rolls, sandwich
rolls, finger rolls, cinnamon buns,
butterscotch rolls and pecan rolls.
A New Leavening Agent
Some homemakers may feel
that it is too costly to purchase
such fancy breads outside the
home. And they may feel that
they cannot spare the time re
quired for home baking. Such ar
guments might have been valid in
the past. But not any more!
Recently a new kind of yeast
has been developed which makes
it possible to prepare a variety of
hot breads at home—more quickly
than ever before. Thus, home bak
ing follows the trend of the times
and becomes quick-baking.
One reason why modern home
makers have been reluctant to
make bread and rolls at home, I
believe, has been the difficulty of
obtaining a leavening agent that
was both quick-acting and pos
sessed good keeping qualities.
Yeast is the most satisfactory
leavening agent for bread and
rolls. Heretofore, only two types
had been available. Fresh, or
compressed yeast, and dried
yeast. Both of these products are
Adolescents Like Variety
One way to help growing girls
to be energetic is to encourage
them to eat some form of bread at
every meal. This will help to keep
up the fuel value of the diet at
very little expense.
Mothers must, however, guard
TIPS *
(jardeners
Give Flowers a Break
FJON’T put an added burden on
your flowers by asking them
to grow in conditions to which they
are not suited. Flowers are like
races of humans. Some thrive in
warm, moist climates. Others,
through the centuries, have be
come accustomed to intensive
cold..
Certain flowers, for instance,
may be grown successfully in
comparatively cool, semi-shaded
locations. If you have such spots
in your yard, don’t plant your zin
nias or petunias there.
Any of the following will prove
more satisfactory, according to
Harry A. Joy, flower expert: An
nuals—balsam, clarkia, coleus,
nasturtium, pansy, calendula and
vinca; perennials—English daisy,
campanula, columbine, myosotis,
sweet William and viola.
If you live in drouthy sections
or if your flower beds are on well-
drained soil in full sun, try the
following: Annuals — abronia,
ageratum, alyssum procumbens,
arctotis, calliopsis, candytuft, cos
mos, four o’clock, lupin texensis,
petunia, portulaca, sunflower, ver
bena, and zinnia; perennials—
coreopsis and hollyhock.
CAN
STITCH
HANDLES
INCOVj
SEAMS
MUSLIN 1
CARDBOARD
COTTON
'MUSLIN
SEW TO
MUSLIN
COVER
'X'HE other day a letter came
with an unusual request. “I
have made so many useful things
by just following the pictures in
your Book 1—SEWING, for the
Home Decorator; and Book 2—
Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery;
I wonder if you could tell me some
way to use empty cans?”
Fortunately we have a very long
memory. There came to life the
picture of a fat little girl sitting
on a small footstool in a very Vic
torian parlor while her Great Aunt
rocked and visited. And there
was something about that footstool
—yes it had cans inside. The cans
were filled with sand to make the
footstool heavy. The cover was
red carpet with handles of the
carpet material at the ends. So
we saved six cans. We substituted
a piece of upholstery material for
carpet, and here is a step-by-step
sketch of the footstool we made.
It is a great success.
Now is the time to give your
house a fresh start. Crisp new
curtains; a bright slipcover; new
lampshades; or an ottoman will do
the trick. Make these things your
self. Mrs. Spears’ Book 1—SEW
ING, for the Home Decorator,
shows you how with step-by-step,
easy to follow sketches. Book 2—
Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery
will give you a new interest for
long winter evenings. It contains
complete directions for making
many useful things. Books are 25
cents each. If you order both
books, a crazy-quilt leaflet is in
cluded FREE; it illustrates S6
authentic embroidery stitches in
detail. Address Mrs. Spears, 210
S. Desplaines St., Chicago, HL
composed of yeast plants com
bined with cereal.
Fresh yeast has a higher mois
ture content, however, and be
cause of this, spoils rapidly.
Hence, it must be purchased fresh,
kept well refrigerated, and used
within a few days. Dry yeast
keeps several weeks at room tem
perature and has, therefore, been
regarded as more practical. Its
great disadvantage has been that
it acts less quickly, owing to the
fact that some of the yeast plants
are destroyed during the drying.
Keeps and Is Quick-Acting
Bat nowadays homemakers can
buy a new kind of yeast. A new,
fast, pure yeast that combines the
keeping qualities of dry yeast with
speedy action.
This product is a dry yeast that
comes in the form of small gran
ules. It softens promptly in wa
ter, and is then ready for use.
Moreover, it keeps its strength
and activity for several weeks, so
that it can be kept on hand at all
times.
Homemakers can bake when
ever it is convenient. And what
delicions bread and rolls they can
make. Such wholesome combina
tions as prune bread, combining
both white and whole wheat floor
with seeded, uncooked prunes . . .
refrigerator rolls, coffee cakes,
raisin bread, wholesome raised
doughnuts, waffles and buckwheat
cakes.
It cannot be denied that bread
is one of the oldest foods known to
man. But just to prove that even
our most basic foods may be im
proved—along comes this revolu
tionary yeast to provide a leaven
ing that is more satisfactory than
ever before, perhaps, to home
makers all over the country.
6) WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1939—50.
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There Are Two Ways
to Get at Constipation
Yes, and only two ways—before
and after it happens! Instead of
enduring those dull, tired, head
achy days and then having to
take an emergency medicine-why
not KEEP regular with Kellogg’s
All-Bran? You can. If your con
stipation Is the kind millions have
—due to the lack of “bulk" In
modem diets. For All-Bran goes
right to the cause of this trouble
by supplying the "bulk” you need.
Eat this toasted nutritious ce
real every day—with milk or cream,
or baked Into mufflns-drlnk
plenty of water, and see if your
life Isn't a whole lot brighter!
Made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek.
Sold by every grocer.
At Peace
Where there are laws, he who
has not broken them need not
tremble.—Alfieri.
This climate is an
OLD STORY
to
Ferry's DATED Seeds
Only those vegetable and flower
varieties capable of growing most
productively in your locality are
offered in your dealer’s display of
Ferry’s Seeds. By constant testing,
Ferry-Morse scientists know what
these varieties are. So, this climate
is an old story to Ferry's Seeds.
As an additional safeguard for
yon, all Ferry’s Seeds mnst pass
rigid tests for germination and vi
tality each year before packaging.
Then each packet is dated. Look
for this mark—“Packed for Season
1939”— when baying your seeds
this year. You
know they’ll grow.
• Fsrry-Morss
S«*d Co., Sood
Grower*, Detroit
and San Francisco.
Sond for Homo
Garden Catalog.
Use Ferry's Garden
Sproy for effective
Insect control.
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